Finally got the Gallery up and running inside the Blogger platform. I had been racking my brain for several days trying to figure out the best method of including either the swf or the actual posts into a single page (gallery.html). Each solution had its issues either with validation or with blogger just being dumb.

The only way to "pin" an article in this version of blogger is to modify the date (as seen on the home page) or host this blog on the blogger server (not happening) - even then apparently you can only "pin" one article.

Now I could change the page to php and create another blog on the same server and include the articles from the new blog into this one... Sloppy at best. I even tried to use virtual includes and iframe to place the Flash swf into the page (ewww).

Those who know me - know I will not settle for junky code or bad structure. Left to my own devices I found a better solution (I think anyway). I decide that javascript was the most viable solution. But I had to figure out how to place the flash only on the galley page. and output the information in valid javascript and XHTM. I will post the solution on www.tbbjrgrafx.com.

Labels: photogallery